WARNING Lead Paint in Homes Hurt Kids Bad!
Department Head Phillip Puryear says...
The Primary objective of the Mahoning County Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program is to reduce and/or eliminate lead hazards in low-to-very-low income housing in a total of eleven (11) high-risk zip codes. The target areas have very high socio-economic and environmental risk factors that demonstrate the prevalence of lead exposure. Those factors include age of housing, high poverty and crime, low proficiency scores, and concentrated ethnicity. The targeted areas have documented evidence that lead poisoning is an epidemic in Mahoning County.
Lead paint on the exterior of older homes often weathers with an alligator skin texture.